{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2668125,"song":"Down In The Caribbean","artist":"Jim Reeves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521418-down-in-the-caribbean-chords-by-jim-reeves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2668125?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave you ever been down to Haiti[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen the summer sun was sinkin' low[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the native hearts are all aglow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey all stare like a statue out of stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they realize what's before their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe other girls are left all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd from miles away you can see her sway\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUp in a tree so high way up in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSits a wide eyed monkey on a limb[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe wonders why the people go to so much trouble\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust to try to be like him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat makes a heart feel so sublime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd before too long he starts singing the song[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then he gets in the Conga line[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nColumbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nPart of the Caribbean[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe didn't see the charms and the open arms\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the gold that he was seein'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause we're on our honeymoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you were five hundred years too soon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nDown in the Caribbean...","plain_text":"[Verse] \n\n\n\nThere's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nAnd from miles away you can see her sway\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe wonders why the people go to so much trouble\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe didn't see the charms and the open arms\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDown in the Caribbean...","chords":["C","G7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}